Improvement in set-back sinks



O; O0PMAN.' Set-Back Sink.-

W TNESSES:

NPETERS, PHoTaLlTHpGRwMER. WASIHNGTOM D c 4 am'm/ Patented Aug. 27,1878;

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

CHAR-LES COPMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HEINRICHSCHMIDT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SET-BACK SINKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,393, dated August27, 1878; application filed July 22, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GOPMAN, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Set- Back Sink, ofwhich the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical transversesection of my improved set-back sink on line x 00, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 isa horizontal section of the same on line y Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has reference to improvements in sinks, and specially ofthat class which are used in private residences and tenement-houses andare set back into recesses of the walls, so that the wood-work orpartitions at the upper part of the recess maybe put up, removed, andreplaced with great facility, and without injury to the same, andthereby repairs in the plumbing attended to in quick and easy manner.

At present the wood-work or casing is nailed to cleats or braces back ofthe casing, and requires to be broken away or torn off when the water orwaste pipes have to be repaired. In tearing off the boards they aredefaced and rendered unsightly, necessitating frequently thesubstitution of new boards, and making the whole job slow and difficult.

My invention consists of a groove formed by a flanged step at the sidesand back of a set-back sink and of a second top groove formed of twoangle-irons at the top of the recess in which the sink is placed. Theangle-irons correspond in shape to the groove of the sink, and retainjointly therewith the wood-work securely in place.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a sink, of square, semicircular,or other shape, which is set back into a closet-like recess of the wall,and supported by front and back flanges or shoulders on cross-pieces ofthe wood-work. Along the sides and rear of the sink A is formed a groovethat is equal in width to the thickness of the boards which close theupper part of the recess. This groove is formed by a flanged horizontalstep, B, which is cast either in one piece with the sink, near the upperedge of the same, or, in case of old sinks, screwed or otherwiseattached to the back of the same.

To the top of the recess of the wall are screwed or otherwise fastenedtwo angle-irons, O O, which form between them a groove of the same sizeand shape as the groove of the sink, so as to receive and support, inconnection with the lower groove, the wood-work, that is guided intoposition by theflanged step B and the rear angle-iron O.

The shape of the wood-work or partition corresponds to the shape of thesink and angle-irons, the boards matching each other or not, as desired.

The sink is set into position as follows: The sides and back of the sinkare first placed on the, supporting cross-pieces; then the rear or inneran gle-iron is secured to the top of the recess vertically above thegroove of the sink, and then boards of the proper length and width movedin along the socket-groove of sink and along the flange of the topangleiron until the entire partition is formed.

The boards are tightly crowded up and pressed against the topangle-iron, and then the outer or front angle-iron is secured intoposition, after being first tightly pressed against the boards. Theboards are thus securely retained, and finally covered at the sides bysuitable face boards.

In case repairs of the water and waste pipes have to be made, the faceboards and front angle-iron at the top are removed, and the boards takenout without being injured. The plumber can thus get at his work withoutdelay and difficulty. This improved mode of putting up the wood-work ofsuch set-back sinks is adapted to old and new sinks, and facilitates thework of the carpenter in building them and the work of the plumber inrepairing the pipes, forming thus a set-back sink: of superiorconstruction for all kinds of build ings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of a set-back sink,having a groove extending along its sides and rear, withpartition-boards supported therein, and with retaining angle -irons,forming a groove corresponding to lower groove, and

being attached to top or ceiling of recess of sink, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. In a set-back sink, the combination of the removable wood-Work orpartition with guiding and supporting devices of the sink and of the topor ceiling of recess, so that the Wood-Work maybe readily put up, orremoved for repairing the Water and waste pipes, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. A set-back sink Whose step is provided with two flanges, that bothguide and hold the wood-Work, as shown and described.

Grins; OOPMAN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, O. SEDGWICK.

